Most New Zealanders would take a small pay rise rather than gamble on getting a bigger performance bonus.

When nurse Sara Jones' paid parental leave ends eight weeks from now, she and husband Gareth face a serious dilemma.

Chores such as loading the dishwasher and setting the table are good pocket money earners for Kiwi kids - but a survey has found boys get paid more for them.

Monday's Herald published the results of the Institute of Directors' survey of directors on remuneration.

Two of Auckland Airport's highest ranking execs are leaving the company after a strategic review, which included pay levels.

Auckland's Anglican Church-owned Selwyn Village is being targeted by living wage campaigners at a public meeting in Pt Chevalier tomorrow night.

The government is taxing the salaries of Kiwi troops deployed to Taji to help train Iraqi soldiers.

Pushing "pause" on her career has reignited property specialist Gail Calder's passion for her work, but it took her friends by surprise.

Meet the marathon men, who have enjoyed steady rises in remuneration year on year.

Susan Doughty says although diversity is being embraced, we are yet to see concrete change at the top of our organisations.

Interactive: CEO Pay Survey - We reveal what bosses of New Zealand's biggest companies earn and what kind of pay rises they've been getting.

Optimists earn nearly US$3000 ($4214) a year more on average than cynics, according to a nine-year study looking at how wages change based on positivity.

Angela Ahrendts, Apple's senior vice president of retail and online stores, was the highest-paid female executive in the US last year.

Married-couple, child-rearing families with male sole-breadwinners are five times more prevalent than those with female sole-breadwinners.

More than half of company bosses are planning to freeze salaries this year, but skilled finance and accounting professionals are more likely to get a boost in pay.

The Government is considering the biggest shake-up of one of the building blocks of the income tax system since its introduction in 1957.

Many employees have been waiting too long for a pay increase, says Sam Huggard, secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.

Paying chief executives big performance bonuses worth millions of dollars doesn't necessarily result in gains for shareholders, according to new research.

The broadcaster Alison Mau wrote a piece at the weekend about what she called "The curse of casual sexism".

Generation X New Zealanders who have a stable partner and have left the country are richer than those who are single and still living here, research shows.

Former MPs including Mike Sabin are set to get a taxpayer-funded 5.5 per cent backdated pay rise.

The belief is taking root, especially in the United States, that a historic decoupling has occurred between growth in labour productivity and workers' incomes.

Cisco Systems New Zealand, the local unit of the global internet network group, lifted annual sales 4.3 per cent last year, and expects to be well placed this year as an increasing number of firms....

Unions have rejected a call from Finance Minister Bill English for further restraint in wage increases because of the low-inflation environment.

Diane Stanbra founded Picnic Box in late 2011. The Auckland-based firm creates boutique boxed picnic food for functions and events.

Senior New Zealand public servants' and chief executives' total collective pay is at the lowest level in six years.